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Good idea. I'm a bit hesitant now because if the idea sucks I will look like an idiot. But hey, good idea!

wallflower 19y ago
Ideas can be good, they can be bad. Any clues on your concept? I'll shoot out this idea I had so it doesn't make you look like an idiot if you release it. Take the onboard heads-up display technology from F-16 fighter jets/certain GM cars and integrate it onto the dashboard of a car with the digital radio and a lyric database - and voila - Drive-time Karaoke (bouncing ball optional) - Lawsuits (e.g. I" had to sing along to Since You've Been Gone, Officer") would stop a company from selling this but I wouldn't mind developing a workable prototype
- m0nty 19y ago
  I want a HUD integrated into VR goggles with a GPS system so it can act as sat nav for people who are walking and cycling, etc. It could also allow you to meet with people who aren't physically there, but merely "there" online. You would see their avatar projected onto the surrounding urban environment, and they (seated at home on their computers) could move around a virtual world directly modeled on the real one. This could also be the future of tele-working. Anyone wanna give me a million $$ and call me Jesus Startup Almighty? Thought not ;) Ideas are two-a-penny, implementation and marketing are everything.
  - wallflower 19y ago
    You mean like this? :) http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Image:T-800a_Clothing.jpg http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Image:T-800a_Clothing.jpg
    - m0nty 19y ago
      Yes :) I can see there's prior art on this whole thing. Maybe I need to go and reconsider...
  - noonespecial 19y ago
    Ideas are two-a-penny, implementation and marketing are everything. Unless you happen to be a patent lawyer in which case you believe the exact opposite.
mrtron 19y ago
I am excited to criticize your idea to help you get off the 'one great idea' concept. There are great ideas, but execution is how you get any leverage on them.
tom_rath 19y ago
Don't ever worry about your idea being stupid. We all spout out stupid ideas (I do it all the time) and learning how to spot the duds without becoming cynical is a skill you learn with practice.
ericb 19y ago
I say, spit it out. It's nearly impossible to succeed without risking failure. Silencing the voice in my head that cares about embarrassment was the most useful skill I learned in my 20's. It still takes work, though.
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justin 19y ago
You might. But fuck what other people think! Go big!
apathy 19y ago
I think Howard Aitken was the one who said it first, but regardless: Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. Always apropos in such times of uncertainty...

Ideas can be good, they can be bad. Any clues on your concept? I'll shoot out this idea I had so it doesn't make you look like an idiot if you release it. Take the onboard heads-up display technology from F-16 fighter jets/certain GM cars and integrate it onto the dashboard of a car with the digital radio and a lyric database - and voila - Drive-time Karaoke (bouncing ball optional) - Lawsuits (e.g. I" had to sing along to Since You've Been Gone, Officer") would stop a company from selling this but I wouldn't mind developing a workable prototype

m0nty 19y ago
I want a HUD integrated into VR goggles with a GPS system so it can act as sat nav for people who are walking and cycling, etc. It could also allow you to meet with people who aren't physically there, but merely "there" online. You would see their avatar projected onto the surrounding urban environment, and they (seated at home on their computers) could move around a virtual world directly modeled on the real one. This could also be the future of tele-working. Anyone wanna give me a million $$ and call me Jesus Startup Almighty? Thought not ;) Ideas are two-a-penny, implementation and marketing are everything.
- wallflower 19y ago
  You mean like this? :) http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Image:T-800a_Clothing.jpg http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Image:T-800a_Clothing.jpg
  - m0nty 19y ago
    Yes :) I can see there's prior art on this whole thing. Maybe I need to go and reconsider...
- noonespecial 19y ago
  Ideas are two-a-penny, implementation and marketing are everything. Unless you happen to be a patent lawyer in which case you believe the exact opposite.

mrtron 19y ago

I am excited to criticize your idea to help you get off the 'one great idea' concept. There are great ideas, but execution is how you get any leverage on them.

tom_rath 19y ago

Don't ever worry about your idea being stupid. We all spout out stupid ideas (I do it all the time) and learning how to spot the duds without becoming cynical is a skill you learn with practice.

ericb 19y ago

I say, spit it out. It's nearly impossible to succeed without risking failure. Silencing the voice in my head that cares about embarrassment was the most useful skill I learned in my 20's. It still takes work, though.

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justin 19y ago

You might. But fuck what other people think! Go big!

apathy 19y ago

I think Howard Aitken was the one who said it first, but regardless: Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. Always apropos in such times of uncertainty...